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Patrick Blomenkemper

joined in Aug 20, 2019

PhD student at Institute of Geology and Palaeontology – Palaeobotany, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

Blomenkemper has 1 break published.

A message in a bottle dating 250 million years ago

The phenomenon of plant groups originating in the tropics was observed by botanist George Ledyard Stebbins in 1973. He hypothesized that ecosystems in equatorial regions serve as "evolutionary cradles" that spawn new lineages at higher rates compared to ecosystems at higher latitudes. Especially those demanding... click to read more

Patrick Blomenkemper | PhD student at Institute of Geology and Palaeontology – Palaeobotany, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Permian

Triassic

Jordan

cradle

Dicroidium

Bennettites

Podocarps

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Aug 20, 2019